tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post114887371250258729..comments2023-12-06T03:46:24.877-05:00Comments on Jumping at the Ground and Missing: In Which I Veer Gradually into RantvilleChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1149040026202952902006-05-30T21:47:00.000-04:002006-05-30T21:47:00.000-04:00Thanks, Marcus! That totally made her day (OK min...Thanks, Marcus! That totally made her day (OK mine, too. I was hoping I wasn't just terribly biased about her writing, LOL!)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1149020446917474032006-05-30T16:20:00.000-04:002006-05-30T16:20:00.000-04:00I have been laughing for the last ten minutes beca...I have been laughing for the last ten minutes because I was reading Mollusc's website. She's so funny!thisismarcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14975091526169429147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148991101195029162006-05-30T08:11:00.000-04:002006-05-30T08:11:00.000-04:00Well, there's Bannor and maybe Mhoram. Kinda. OK...Well, there's Bannor and maybe Mhoram. Kinda. OK, yeah, that's a good point. I don't know why I find them interesting. I guess because he does create a unique and compelling (to me) universe for the characters to play in. But yeah, Covenant's a jerk. I guess Saltheart Foamfollower is my fave character, but he doesn't come in until book 2.<BR/><BR/>I am, however, remembering why I didn't keep my first set, LOL! Good thing these were very cheap on eBay. :-PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148949127479202312006-05-29T20:32:00.000-04:002006-05-29T20:32:00.000-04:00That's one of the reasons I got to hate Donaldson ...That's one of the reasons I got to hate Donaldson - he's so far up himself it beggars belief. If I have to read a book with a dictionary by my side I'll toss the book and read the dictionary itself. <BR/><BR/>The other reason is that he didn't produce one single character I actually liked or wanted to relate to in the first series. I got through to the end but was very disappointed that they didn't all die.Trundling Grunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496714919635364962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148943289111528882006-05-29T18:54:00.000-04:002006-05-29T18:54:00.000-04:00Karen - So it is seldom used even in the tongue of...Karen - So it is seldom used even in the tongue of origin? Man that guy is obnoxious, LOL!<BR/><BR/>Well, people here do call it a "box" (among hundreds of other things of course) OMG imagine if Donaldson wrote erotica, LOL! Might have to do a post like that. . . }:-)<BR/><BR/>Jack - Thank you!! Take his teeth home with you and put them in your special caviar cooler until I can come collect them, LOL! :-DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148930307154803562006-05-29T15:18:00.000-04:002006-05-29T15:18:00.000-04:00I wanted to say it, but Niel got there first - vle...I wanted to say it, but Niel got there first - <I>vlei</I> is an Afrikaans word meaning... watery thing? Hmmm.<BR/><BR/>Afrikaans is also the proud owner of the word 'doos' which means 'cardboard box' and 'cunt'. I don't see the connection.Karen Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446187228064686202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148922773623997352006-05-29T13:12:00.000-04:002006-05-29T13:12:00.000-04:00MUCH better! ;)MUCH better! ;)tshsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637635755654078408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148922562799143352006-05-29T13:09:00.000-04:002006-05-29T13:09:00.000-04:00OMG you are so right! OK, ". . .aardvarky lips pe...OMG you are so right! OK, ". . .aardvarky lips peeling back from his aardvarky teeth in a smile of obdurate self-approbation." And yes, Donaldson <I>does</I> use both of those words, LOL!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148920351089654182006-05-29T12:32:00.000-04:002006-05-29T12:32:00.000-04:00I'm SURE that you could have come up with more com...I'm SURE that you could have come up with more complicated words for "grim satisfaction". teeheetshsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637635755654078408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148909832292302162006-05-29T09:37:00.000-04:002006-05-29T09:37:00.000-04:00TSmom - *SNORT*!!! :-) Yeah! What you said! (to...TSmom - *SNORT*!!! :-) <BR/><BR/>Yeah! What you said! (to Fal)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148909772480670512006-05-29T09:36:00.000-04:002006-05-29T09:36:00.000-04:00Fal - NO! LOL! It's because the stupid stories ar...Fal - NO! LOL! It's because the stupid stories are actually interesting in spite of the fact that I mostly want to wring Donaldson's neck. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;-)<BR/><BR/>You may be onto something with the copyright thing. Or maybe there's some kind of kickback deal with the Mirriam Webster Unabridged dictionary folks. I'm only half-kidding, LOL! These books are what prompted me to ask dh for an unabridged Webster for my 21st (?)bday. :-P<BR/><BR/>Ha ha! Now people who are reading the books and Googling the words will come flooding into my blog. Will they leave love or hate mail?<BR/><BR/><I>Thing to do before I die:</I> go to Donaldson's dojang and visit sparring class so I can kick him in the head without legal repercussions.<BR/><BR/>Niel - OK, see, a <I>marsh</I>! Marshes do not have lake-like surfaces. I <I>knew</I> the guy was hosed. Thank you! :-)<BR/><BR/>Any more words? I'm going to write a book using all of them. Here's how it starts:<BR/><BR/><I>It was a dark and stormy night. The weary aardvark paused in his trek to the vlei and looked over his shoulder. That pretentious man wielding the huge dicionary and the even larger thesaurus was still chasing him. The trap was working. He trundled on, aardvarky lips peeling back from his aardvarky teeth in a smile of grim satisfaction."</I><BR/><BR/>You know, when I read some of the comments on your blog, I can <I>almost</I> understand them. Though looking at them makes me feel as if I've forgotten how to read English, LOL!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148909644268255602006-05-29T09:34:00.000-04:002006-05-29T09:34:00.000-04:00He's got diarrhea of the word processor! ;)Fal, I ...He's got diarrhea of the word processor! ;)<BR/><BR/>Fal, I thought it was veil too. You paint incredible pictures with common words. This author should take lessons from YOU!tshsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637635755654078408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148899673439370912006-05-29T06:47:00.000-04:002006-05-29T06:47:00.000-04:00"Vlei" comes from my mother tongue! As does "trek"..."Vlei" comes from my mother tongue! As does "trek" (from Star Trek fame) and "aardvark"!<BR/><BR/>WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE 3 WORDS. QUIVER, YE NATIONS.<BR/><BR/>anyway, it means marsh, i think.<BR/><BR/>this guy sounds like the new Conrad. there was a waffler. although he used recognisable words, mostly.Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684581788405969219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664692.post-1148884561113605782006-05-29T02:36:00.000-04:002006-05-29T02:36:00.000-04:00OMG. Candy's sticking with a crappy pretentious au...OMG. Candy's sticking with a crappy pretentious author just because he does TKD.<BR/><BR/>Do you think SRD believes that if he's the FIRST to use each of these words, he gets some sort of copyright on them and it's a get-rich-quick scheme?<BR/><BR/>Or is it just so that if anyone googles "vlei" he'll get a hit (probably second behind you blog).<BR/><BR/>Reading that, my mind translated by "veil". Thought it was a typo.Falteninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025562529228748629noreply@blogger.com